Just because your home theater can handle lossless audio doesn’t mean the sound is as good as it could be. Dolby is now giving Blu-ray producers using Dolby Media Producer Encoder v2 the choice of premastering TrueHD surround sound at an upsampled 96k. Along with just squeezing the most possible clarity and depth out of 48kHz audio, the encoding purportedly eliminates some of the harshness of digital sound through an apodizing (signal altering) filter.
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Details continue to emerge as we approach the IKEA Uppleva’s June launch. 
It’s movie time, folks. The bad news is that you have to bring your own popcorn. The good news, on the other hand, is that the feature film and the TV are on us! Thanks to the folks at Universal Studios Home Entertainment , there’s a 40-inch 1080p HDTV up for grabs. 
After a disappointing initial go-round on Blu-ray back in ’06 due to poor picture quality (which was improved upon slightly in a later Studiocanal release overseas), the 1990 version of Total Recall is coming back to the US with a “Mind-Bending Blu-ray Edition this summer. Timed to hit shelves along with the remake that’s arriving in theaters, Blu-ray.com mentions this one promises a video transfer process supervised by original director Paul Verhoeven. There will even apparently be brand new extras including an interview with Verhoeven and featurette comparing the restoration process from the original film negative, although the Governator himself Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to be absent. 
Starting this week, you’ll find any newly-minted DVDs and Blu-ray discs will now include a similarly fresh anti-piracy message. Homeland Security’s special agent badge now partners up with the FBI’s own emblem on the new warning played before DVDs — and it looks like it’ll still be unskippable. If this dynamic duo isn’t enough to scare into legitimate media consumption, how about another warning screen to really bring it on home? 
Britons and citizens of the ROI! Sony’s bringing Netflix to all Sony Entertainment Network -connected devices. 
Did you not get enough Swedish furniture pr0n yesterday with the announcement of Ikea’s Uppleva ? Well, we’ve got a slew of new images and some new details for you. As far as specs, it seems that the sets will be available in 24, 36, 40 and 46 inches and all are LED backlit
Do you ever wish you could have a news ticker on your TV, regardless of what channel you’re watching? Neither do we really, but we’re sure there’s someone out there who does. 
Now that all of the Harry Potter movies have been released, Warner Bros. has seen fit to slide them together in one truly epic set
Blu-ray’s been atop the home entertainment mountain, with only fleeting competition from HD-DVDs , ever since its introduction. Since then, home internet connections have gotten faster and the quality of downloadable content has improved such that iTunes can offer 1080p versions of your favorite movies. 
